Tag Turkey
I am familiar with this band and their two previous albums prior to this EP, and can say from past experience that they leave no stone unturned. Both were hard, fast, menacing and punishing but in a way that as… Continue Reading →
The Garage in London’s Highbury and Islington area is one of the most versatile venues I’ve known of in the decade plus I’ve been attending gigs. Having seen many bands of the metal variety, among the hosting of the earliest… Continue Reading →
One thing that has kept me most intrigued by metal in all the years I have enjoyed it is learning about the many different scenes from nations one would not expect to have a metal or even alternative scene due… Continue Reading →
This is the debut album from the Turkish quintet comprising of Burak Tavus and Hamit Özmen on guitars, Lucy Ferra on vocals, Mettehan Özbek on bass and Serdar Karahasanoğlu on drums. And sadly that’s about as much info as can… Continue Reading →
This is the first recorded output from Turkish band Eradicate and there’s not a huge amount to go on with it being just over 12-minutes long including an intro piece. Essentially rescued from demo obscurity and published on CD by… Continue Reading →
A second album from Turkish brutal death metallers Inhuman Depravity, one that arrives seven years after their debut ‘Nocturnal Carnage By The Unholy Desecrator’ and continues more or less where that debut left off. The bands bone shattering brutality is… Continue Reading →
In true or should I say trve Godz ov War fashion, this album came with minimal information, although it wasn’t hard from the artwork, the band name and the album title to work out that we’re dealing in black and… Continue Reading →
Since their conception in Istanbul just prior to the turn of the Millennium, Moribund Oblivion have had six previous full length albums since the original EP released in 2002 and the last album, Turk, released in 2015, set the standard… Continue Reading →
Imha Tarikat (Turkish for “Destruction Sect”) are a young Turkish-German black metal duo attempting something rather unusual – and succeeding. What do I mean by that? I’ll tell you in a bit. For starters I’d just like to say the… Continue Reading →
Formed in the late 90s and releasing their debut EP in 2000 under the title of ‘Dying In Confusion’ this Turkish death metal act also penned a full length in 2002 called ‘Interment…’ a couple of years after, before folding… Continue Reading →
Much like any other scene or even fandom for the wider entertainment spectrum Metal is vastly unknown to outsiders. It’s strikingly comical in fact just how little people know about the genre. I mean take the somewhat recent Tool outbursts… Continue Reading →
Splits are a great way to taste bands. Like a double dipper – you get two flavours of sherbet – just the right amount of each . No time to get bored. Splits have long been the medium for punks,… Continue Reading →